Swimmer Penny Oleksiak carried her dominance in the 100-metre freestyle from Rio de Janeiro to Windsor, Ont., on Wednesday, shattering her own Canadian record in winning her heat race in 52.36 seconds.
The 16-year-old from Toronto used her speed and six-foot-one frame to defeat Australia's Brittany Elmslie (52.72) by nearly a half-second at the FINA world short-course championships.
Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands stopped the clock in 52.75 to finish third.
Penny Oleksiak's final lap in her Canadian record setting heat, watch the semis tonight ➡️ https://t.co/X7rIsEsTYQ https://t.co/6Wn4VcS99T
— @CBCOlympics
In August, Oleksiak clocked 52.70 to tie Simone Manuel of the United States at the wall for an Olympic record and Canada's first-ever women's medal in the 100 free.
Oleksiak went on to become the first Canadian to win four medals at a single Summer Olympic Games, collecting silver in the 100 butterfly and bronze medals in the 4x100 and 4x200 free relays.
She was also the youngest gold-medal winner at the Olympics, beating 17-year-old George Genereux, who won the shooting title at Helsinki in 1952.
Canadian records all over the place this morning. 🇨🇦 Women are killing it@SwimmingCanada @OleksiakPenny @Kjmasse @michellewill5 Kelsey Wog
— @ansonhenry
Oleksiak also joined Kylie Masse, Kelsey Wog and Michelle Williams Wednesday morning to set a national mark in the 4x50 medley relay.
On Tuesday night, Oleksiak was part of the 4x100 free relay team that was disqualified moments after what it believed was a silver medal performance.
Coaches instructed Canadians Sandrine Mainville, Alexia Zevnik, Michelle Williams and Oleksiak to swim in one order and then a Swimming Canada official handed in a different order to meet officials, thus an instant disqualification.
Earlier Tuesday, 16-year-old Taylor Ruck of Kelowna, B.C., raced to bronze in the 200 free.
CBCSports.ca is live streaming the event from Tuesday through Sunday, with the morning heats going at 9:30 a.m. ET, and the semifinals and finals at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Penny Oleksiak lowers her Canadian 100m freestyle record
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